Summer Record Review
Andrew McGregor talks to Harriet Smith about Walter Gieseking's Bach interpretations from his legendary 1950 recordings, including The Well-Tempered Clavier.
with Andrew McGregor;
1030 Andrew talks to Harriet Smith about a recent release of Walter Gieseking's Bach interpretations from his legendary 1950 recordings, including The Well-Tempered Clavier, Partitas and Inventions.
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Mozart
Violin Sonata in F major, K377
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Cédric Tiberghien (piano).
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Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro Della Beata Vergine [1610]
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Monteverdi Vespers 1610.
- Linn Records.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 82 Bwv.82 "Ich Habe Genug" (Schlummert ein)
Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- Cantatas for bass.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Joseph Haydn
L' Isola Disabitata - Azione Teatrale In 2 Acts H.28.9
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Solo e Pensoso.
- Alpha Classics.
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Sir George Benjamin
Palimpsest 1
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir George Benjamin.- Ligeti/Murail/Benjamin.
- Neos.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Quartet No. 7 For Strings iii Finale
Ensemble: Silesian String Quartet.- Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets.
- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 82 Bwv.82 (Ich Habe Genug)
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.- Bach Cantatas 54, 82, 170.
- Hyperion.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Sinfonia In C Major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.- The Italian Job.
- Avie.
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George Frideric Handel
Da tempeste il legno infranto [aria, Cleopatra]
Performer: Maxim Emlyanychev. Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.- In War & Peace.
- Erato.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in C minor, BWV999
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 1, BWV825 - Praeludium & Allemande
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 BWV827, Sarabande
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 6, BWV830 - Gigue
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Overture in the French Style, BWV831 - Echo
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Invention No. 5 in E flat major, BWV776
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Book 1, Prelude and beginning of Fugue in E flat minor, BWV853
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Book 2, Prelude in D major, BWV874
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Opening or the slow Adagissimo Capriccio on the departure of the most beloved brother, BWV992
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV903
Performer: Walter Gieseking.- Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
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Karol Szymanowski
Concerto No. 1 Op.35 For Violin And Orchestra i & ii
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Szymanowski/Karlowicz : Violin Concertos.
- Chandos.
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Richard Strauss
An Sie Op.43 No.1 & Die Ulme Zu Hirsau Op.43 No.3
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Nicky Spence.- The Complete Songs - 8.
- Hyperion.
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Hector Berlioz
Seul pour lutter (Benvenuto Cellini)
Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.- Espoir.
- Opera Rara.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata In F Major K.377 For Violin And Keyboard
Performer: Cédric Tiberghien. Performer: Alina Ibragimova.- Mozart Violin Sonatas.
- Hyperion.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata In B Flat Major K.8
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Mozart Violin Sonatas.
- Hyperion.
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Record Review
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Dunedin Consort, His Majestys Sagbutts, Cornetts, John Butt (conductor)
LINN CKD569 (2CD)
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JS Bach: Cantatas for Bass
BACH, J S: Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis': Sinfonia; Cantata BWV56 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen'; Oboe d'amore Concerto in A major, BWV1055; Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'
Matthias Goerne (baritone), ÌýÌý Katharina Arfken (baroque oboe), Gottfried von der Goltz (violin, director), Freiburger Barockorchester
HARMONIA MUNDI HMM902323 (CD)
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0931 Gramophone Awards 2017…highlights
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Haydn 2032 Volume 3: Solo e pensoso
HAYDN: Solo e pensoso, Hob. XXIVb:20; L'isola disabitata: Overture in G minor, Hob.Ia:13; Symphony No. 4 in D major; Symphony No. 42 in D Major; Symphony No. 64 in A major 'Tempora Mutantur'
Francesca Aspromonte (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
ALPHA ALPHA672 (CD)
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Musica Viva 22
BENJAMIN, G: Palimpsests
LIGETI: Lontano
MURAIL: Le Desenchantement Du Monde. Concerto Symphonique Pour Piano Et Orchestre
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, George Benjamin
NEOS NEOS11422 (Hybrid SACD)
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Bacewicz: String Quartets
BACEWICZ: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 5; String Quartet No. 6; String Quartet No. 7
Silesian Quartet
CHANDOS CHAN10904(2) (2CD)
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JS Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170
BACH, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'; Cantata BWV54 'Widerstehe doch der Sunde'; Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'; Sinfonia: Cantata BWV174; Cantata BWV52 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht': Sinfonia
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
HYPERION CDA68111 (CD)
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The Italian Job
ALBINONI: Concerto Op. 9 No. 3 for two oboes & strings in F major
CALDARA: Sinfonia for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, timpani, violin, strings & continuo in C
CORELLI: Sinfonia, WoO 1, to the oratorio Santa Beatrice d'Este
TARTINI: Concerto in E major, D51
TORELLI: Sinfonia for 4 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 violins, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in C, G 33
VIVALDI: Concerto RV151 in G major for strings & basso continuo 'Alla rustica'; Bassoon Concerto, RV 467 in C major
Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes), Peter Whelan (bassoon), La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin, director)
AVIE AV2371 (CD)
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In War & Peace
HANDEL: Scenes of horror (from Jephtha); Svegliatevi nel core (from Giulio Cesare); Pensieri, voi mi tormentate! (from Agrippina); Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo); Augeletti che cantate (from Rinaldo); Crystal streams in murmurs flowing: Susanna; Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare)
JOMMELLI: Sprezza il furor del vento (from Attila Regolo); Par che di Giubilo (from Attilio Regolo)
LEO: Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! (from Andromaca)
MONTEVERDI: Illustratevi, o cieli (from Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria)
PURCELL: They tell us that your mighty powers, Z630; When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas); O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574); Why should men quarrel? (from The Indian Queen, Z630)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord, director)
ERATO 9029592846 (CD)
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1023 Reissues: Harriet Smith on Gieseking’s Bach
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Walter Gieseking – Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
BACH, J S:
Partitas BWV 825-830
Overture BWV 831
Toccata BWV 911
The Well-Tempered Clavier I & II
Italian Concerto BWV 971
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903
Fantasia & Fugue BWV 906
Capriccio BWV 992
10 Little Preludes
Fantasia & Fugue BWV 944
Two-Part Inventions
Three-Part Sinfonias
Bonus: SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
DEUTCHE GRAMMOPHONÌý 479 7362Ìý (7 CDs)
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1108 New Releases
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Szymanowski & Karlowicz: Violin Concertos
KARLOWICZ: Violin Concerto in A major Op. 8
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 35; Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 61
Tasmin Little (violin), 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA5185 (Hybrid SACD)
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Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 8
STRAUSS, R: Cacilie Op. 27 No. 2; Wenn ... Op. 31 No. 2; Bruder Liederlich Op. 41 No. 4; An Sie Op. 43 No. 1; Die Ulme zu Hirsau Op. 43 No. 3; Funf Gedichte Op. 46; Junggesellenschwur Op. 49 No. 6; Wer wird von der Welt verlangen Op. 67 No. 4; Hab'ich euch denn je geraten Op. 67 No. 5; Wanderers Gemutsruhe Op. 67 No. 6; Der Pokal Op. 69, No. 2; Vier letzte Lieder; Sie wissen's nicht Op. 49 No. 5
Nicky Spence (tenor), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA68185 (CD)
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Espoir
AUBER: Ils s’e´loignent, je reste (from Le Lac des fe´es)
BERLIOZ: Seul pour lutter, seul avec mon courage (from Benvenuto Cellini)
DONIZETTI: Dopo i lauri di vittoria (from Rosmonda d’Inghilterra); Seul sur la terre (from Dom Sebastien, Roi de Portugal); La maitresse du roi?...Ange si pur (from La Favorite); Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
HALEVY: Dans ces lieux (from Guido et Gine´vra); Tu seras donc pour moi (from Guido et Gine´vra); De mes ai¨eux ombres sacre´es (from La Reine de Chypre)
ROSSINI: Venise, o^ ma patrie (from Otello)
VERDI: L'infamie…O mes amis, mes freres (from Jerusalem)
Michael Spyres (tenor), Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), The Halle, Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
OPERA RARA ORR251 (CD)
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Mozart: Violin Sonatas Volume 4
MOZART: Violin Sonata No. 26 in B flat major, K378; Violin Sonata No. 11 in Eb major, KV26; Violin Sonata No. 13 in C, K28; Violin Sonata No. 8 in F major, K13; Violin Sonata No. 20 in C major, K303; Six Variations in G minor on 'Helas, j'ai perdu mon amant', K360; Violin Sonata No. 3 in B flat major, K8; Violin Sonata No. 25 in F major, K377; Violin Sonata No. 30 in C major, K403
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
HYPERION CDA68164 (2CD)
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